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Plans to allow TV cameras into courts dealt a blow with a report warning the move could deter victims and witnesses from reporting crime

Plans to allow television cameras into courts have been dealt a blow in a
report from MPs who warn that the move could deter victims and witnesses
from reporting crime.

Measures in the Crime
and Courts Bill, which come before the House of Lords today would allow
limited access for cameras to some court proceedings in England and Wales
with the aim of demystifying the justice system.

The legislation will only permit the broadcast of judgments and sentencing
decisions in the Court of Appeal and it will not allow victims or witnesses
to be filmed.